A number of Air Force soldiers herded the three foreign crew, shortly after forced landing on the airfield Supadio, Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan, on Tuesday (28/10). A number of Air Force soldiers herded the three foreign crew, shortly after forced landing on the airfield Supadio, Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan, on Tuesday (28/10). (Source: Antara / Jessica Helena Wuysang) Jakarta - TNI aircraft Sukhoi SU-27 / 30MKI Flankers from Air Squadron 11 managed to force down or do a forced landing on the fruit Foreign civil aircraft Beechcraft Singapore 9L numbered registration VH-PKF / trainer aircraft. Unknown, the plane passes entering the air sovereignty of Indonesia, at the Air Base (airfield) Supadio, Pontianak, on Tuesday (28/10).

The success of the military aircraft in the force down begins at 10:15 pm, where the Air Force radar plane saw a stranger passing in Indonesia from Singapore South direction towards Sibu Kinabalu, Malaysia. Above conditions, direct Air Force aircraft swiftly carry out the pursuit, by deploying two Flankers, call sign Klewang Flight, consisting of TS 3008.

The aircraft flown Airmen pilots Lt. Col. Tamboto and Flight Captain Fauzi, and TS 2704 with aviator Flight Captain Gusti. Both takeoff from Batam toward the target. But foreign civil aircraft that had entered Malaysian airspace. Furthermore, at 13.00 am on such a plane flying back from Malaysia by using the same route.

Similar foreign aircraft flight was arrested again by the radar of the National Air Defense Command Sector I in a position to the north of Pontianak.

Seeing this incident Air Force plane flying back from Batam to the target to carry out forced landing on such a plane in the air base Supadio, Pontianak.

The secretary-general (Kapuspen) Major General TNI M. Fuad Basya, explains, such a plane for a while suspected fly over Indonesian territory without the permission of the Indonesian government.

Its position is known at an altitude of about 20,000 feet above sea level with a speed of 250-350 knots per hour. The plane was subsequently intercepted two Sukhoi Su-27 / 30MKI Flankers on the waters of the South China Sea, the Natuna Islands, Riau Islands.

"Based on the investigation revealed that the goal while foreign aircraft fly across the airspace of Indonesia was in order to implement training / teaching student pilots with the aircraft type Beecraft / VH-PFK / Planes Trains," said Fuad.

When the reduction in force, explained, there are three crew (foreign pilots / students). All three are still being questioned at the air base, Tan Chin Supadio Kia (Capt Pilot), Mr. Z. Heng Chia (Students), Xiang Bo Hong (Students) Singapore Citizen.

In this week, military aircraft successfully intercepted and forced to land foreign aircraft that violate national air sovereignty has been twice.